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like there were no tomorrow

like there were no tomorrow is the alternative form of as if there were no tomorrow.

Meaning of as if there were no tomorrow

Adverb

as if there were no tomorrow

  1. (idiomatic) To an excessive degree, oftentimes with little to no regard to future consequences; desperately; recklessly or wantonly; frantically; very quickly or very much.
    • Starting with the Pranksters, who were the first to take LSD out of the war labs and hospitals, hippies were mixing drugs as if there were no tomorrow.1999, Carol Brightman, Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure, →ISBN, page 106

Questions about like there were no tomorrow

What is like there were no tomorrow the alternative form of?
Like there were no tomorrow is the alternative form of as if there were no tomorrow.

Words near like there were no tomorrow in the dictionary

  1. like the sound of one's own voice
  2. like the wind
  3. like the wrath of God
  4. like there is no tomorrow
  5. like there was no tomorrow
  6. like there were no tomorrow
  7. like there's no tomorrow
  8. like throwing a hot dog down a hallway
  9. like throwing a sausage down a hallway
  10. like to
  11. like turkeys voting for an early Christmas

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